Montreal

Strong winds rip bricks, window pane from Montreal buildings

Strong winds and freeze-thaw weather conditions appear to have contributed to damage at two Montreal buildings overnight.

No one was hurt in separate incidents downtown and in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Firefighters removed loose bricks from the wall of a building on Ontario Street after a large section of brick crumbled overnight. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)

Strong winds and freeze-thaw weather conditions appear to have contributed to damage at two Montreal buildings overnight.

A large section of brick detached from the wall of a building near the corner of Ontario and Charlemagne streets in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district.

Firefighters were called to the scene to remove other unstable bricks from the wall and secure the area. No one was hurt.
A pile of bricks lay on the street after a wall crumbled on Ontario St. in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)

And a vehicle was damaged when a window detached from the fourth floor of a downtown building and fell to the ground.

It happened near the corner of René-Lévesque Boulevard and St-Mathieu Street.

No one was hurt in that incident either.

No one was hurt when a window pane fell from the fourth floor of a downtown building overnight, but a car below was damaged. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)